There has been a 53 per cent increase in ransomware incidents in India in 2022 when compared to 2021, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said in a report. The CERT-In, in its India Ransomware Report released on April 13, said, in 2022, among various sectors, IT and ITeS …
Read More »Centre issues alert as Indonesian hacker group targets 12,000 Indian websites
A cyber attack group from Indonesia has been allegedly targeting 12,000 government websites in India, according to a cybersecurity alert issued by the Centre. The alert, accessed by Moneycontrol, was issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) on Thursday. “It has been reported that websites of …
Read More »Majority of US IT Pros Told to Keep Quiet About Data Breaches
While an increasingly number of regulations have made the reporting of data breaches mandatory, a majority of IT professionals in the United States say they have been told to keep quiet about an incident, potentially running afoul of legal requirements. In a survey released last week, 42% of the more …
Read More »After 10 Days, Western Digital’s My Cloud Finally Restored Following Hack
Western Digital has finally restored the My Cloud service after more than a week following a hack, but those behind the breach claim to have stolen customer data. The My Cloud service returned on Wednesday, 10 days after Western Digital officially reported an outage that made the online storage platform …
Read More »Hyundai Hacked – Attackers Stole Car Owners’ Personal Details
Hyundai reported a data breach that impacted car owners in Italy and France and people who booked their test drives. The company has warned that hackers accessed customers’ data. Hyundai owns roughly 3% of the market shares in Italy and France, selling nearly half a million vehicles a year in …
Read More »Wireshark 4.0.5 Released With New Protocol Support
With improved protocol support, various bug fixes, and several enhancements, Wireshark has released version 4.0.5. On March 3, 2023, the most recent version of Wireshark 4.0.4 was made available; this is the second upgrade of this year. The open-source packet analyzer Wireshark is free to use. It is employed in developing software and …
Read More »Gartner unveils top cybersecurity predictions for 2023-2024
Half of CISOs will formally adopt human-centric design practices into their cybersecurity programmes, while adoption of zero trust architecture will rise Fifty per cent of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) will adopt human-centric design to reduce cybersecurity operational friction; large organisations will focus on implementing zero-trust programmes; and half of …
Read More »Irrigation Systems in Israel Disrupted by Hacker Attacks on ICS
The Jerusalem Post reported that hackers targeted water controllers for irrigation systems at farms in the Jordan Valley, as well as wastewater treatment control systems belonging to the Galil Sewage Corporation. Farms were warned by Israel’s National Cyber Directorate prior to the incident, being instructed to disable remote connections to these systems …
Read More »Microsoft Bing introduces ChatGPT answers in search results
Microsoft has introduced a new update to Bing.com that includes a significant change in its search results — the addition of ChatGPT responses to search queries. Instead of featured snippets, in some cases, users will now see Bing AI answers to their queries, with prompts to continue conversations with the …
Read More »WhatsApp business payments tool rolled out in Brazil
It took some time, as regulatory issues had to be solved, but Meta’s WhatsApp business payments tool is finally live in Brazil. The company chose the country as a key testing space for the new venture. The service, provided in partnership with payment processors including MercadoLibre’s Mercado Pago, Itau Unibanco’s …
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